N-acetyl-L-cysteine
362,296 routes · scope human · up to 3 steps · built 5 October 2026 · Reactions · API
401 compounds within 3 steps: 1 in 1, 37 in 2, 363 in 3
Three steps
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- (9Z)-octadecenoyl-CoA + glycine = N-(9Z-octadecenoyl)glycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 2 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and phenylalanine (cytosol to extracellular)
- L-phenylalanine + (9Z)-octadecenoate = N-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-L-phenylalanine + H2O
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A5, PM20D1mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and phenylalanine (cytosol to extracellular)
- (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate + L-phenylalanine = N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-L-phenylalanine + H2O
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A5, PM20D1mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and leucine (cytosol to extracellular)
- N-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-L-leucine + H2O = L-leucine + (9Z)-octadecenoate
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A9, SLC3A1, PM20D1mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- octadecanoyl-CoA + glycine = N-octadecanoylglycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- (9Z)-hexadecenoyl-CoA + glycine = N-(9Z-hexadecenoyl)-glycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- L-cysteine hydrogen-sulfide-lyase (deaminating
- transport of acetoacetate and pyruvate (cytosol to mitochondria)
Catalysed by NAGS, CTHmitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 4 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- L-Cysteine:oxygen oxidoreductase
- 3-sulfino-L-alanine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase
Catalysed by NAGS, CDO1, GOT1mitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- hexadecanoyl-CoA + glycine = N-hexadecanoylglycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- dodecanoyl-CoA + glycine = N-dodecanoylglycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- decanoyl-CoA + glycine = N-decanoylglycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- octanoyl-CoA + glycine = N-octanoylglycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and ornithine (cytosol to extracellular)
- D-histidine(in) + L-ornithine(out) + H(+)(in) = D-histidine(out) + L-ornithine(in) + H(+)(out)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A6, SLC25A2mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol, inner side of the membrane, outer side of the membraneOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of arginine and cysteine (cytosol to extracellular)
- L-homoarginine(in) + L-arginine(out) = L-homoarginine(out) + L-arginine(in)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A6, SLC25A29mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol, inner side of the membrane, outer side of the membraneOne of 4 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and histidine (cytosol to extracellular)
- Formation of homocarnosine
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A6, CARNS1mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- 5-phospho-beta-D-ribosylamine + glycine + ATP = N(1)-(5-phospho-beta-D-ribosyl)glycinamide + ADP + phosphate + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- thioredoxin-disulfide reductase (NADPH) (cystine)
- L-cystine-bis-glycine + 2 H2O = L-cystine + 2 glycine
Catalysed by NAGS, TXNRD1, TXNRD3, TXNRD2 and 2 moremitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- glycyldehydrophenylalanine + H2O = 2,3-didehydrophenylalanine + glycine
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glutamine (cytosol to extracellular)
- N(2)-formyl-N(1)-(5-phospho-beta-D-ribosyl)glycinamide + L-glutamine + ATP + H2O = 2-formamido-N(1)-(5-O-phospho-beta-D-ribosyl)acetamidine + L-glutamate + ADP + phosphate + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A10 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and phenylalanine (cytosol to extracellular)
- Chymase
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A5, CMA1mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosolOne of 3 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- a fatty acyl-CoA + glycine = an N-(fatty acyl)-glycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- (9Z,12Z)-octadecadienoyl-CoA + glycine = N-(9Z,12Z-octadecadienoyl)-glycine + CoA + H(+)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase ((7Z)-octadecenoyl-CoA)
Catalysed by NAGS, CPT1A, CPT1C, CPT1Bmitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 3 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and threonine (cytosol to extracellular)
- L-threonine acetaldehyde-lyase (glycine-forming)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A5mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Acetoacetate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
Catalysed by NAGS, AACSmitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Acetyl-CoA:choline O-acetyltransferase
Catalysed by NAGS, CHATmitochondrial matrix, nucleusOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- cystine to cysteine conversion
- transport of acetylcholine and GSH (cytosol to extracellular)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLCO1A2, SLCO1B3mitochondrial matrix, cytosol, extracellular spaceOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- L-cysteine hydrogen-sulfide-lyase (deaminating
- transport of pyruvate and retinoate (cytosol to extracellular)
Catalysed by NAGS, CTH, SLC16A4, SLC16A5 and 4 moremitochondrial matrix, cytosol, extracellular spaceOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and tryptophan (cytosol to extracellular)
- L-tryptophan,tetrahydrobiopterin:oxygen oxidoreductase(5-hydroxylating)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A5, TPH1, TPH2mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosolOne of 3 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- 5-aminolevulinate synthase (2-amino-3-oxoadipate)
Catalysed by NAGS, ALAS1, CPNE7mitochondrial matrixOne of 8 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- glycine N-acyltransferase (2-methylbutyryl-CoA)
Catalysed by NAGS, GLYAT, GLYATL2, GLYATL1mitochondrial matrixOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Production of Tiglylcarnitine
Catalysed by NAGS, CPT1A, CPT1Bmitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase (3-oxo-4-methyl-pentanoyl-CoA)
Catalysed by NAGS, HADHA, ACAA2, HADHBmitochondrial matrixOne of 3 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- glycine N-acyltransferase (isovalerylglycine)
Catalysed by NAGS, GLYAT, GLYATL2, GLYATL1mitochondrial matrixOne of 3 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Arachidonate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC27A2, ACSL4, ACSL3 and 5 moremitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 11 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- propanoyl-CoA C-acyltransferase
Catalysed by NAGS, ACAA1, SCP2, MYO5Bmitochondrial matrix, peroxisomeOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Palmitate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC27A2, ACSL4, ACSL3 and 5 moremitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 11 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Transport of octadecenoyl-CoA into Mitochondrial Matrix
Catalysed by NAGS, CPT1A, CPT1C, CPT1Bmitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 11 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Phenylacetate:CoA ligase
Catalysed by NAGSmitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 3 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- Propanoate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
Catalysed by NAGS, ACSS3, ACSS2, ACSS1mitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 43 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- transport of D-alanine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosolOne of 5 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- L-cysteine hydrogen-sulfide-lyase (deaminating
- (S)-malate + NAD(+) = pyruvate + CO2 + NADH
Catalysed by NAGS, CTH, ME2mitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and glycine (cytosol to extracellular)
- S-Adenosyl-L-methionine:glycine N-methyltransferase
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC3A2, SLC7A5, SLC7A8 and 1 moremitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and tryptophan (cytosol to extracellular)
- (6R)-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin + L-tryptophan + O2 = 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan + (4aS,6R)-4a-hydroxy-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A5, TPH1, TPH2mitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosolOne of 2 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetyl-LTE4 to leukotriene E4 conversion
Catalysed by NAGS, ZDHHC11B, NAA10, ESCO2 and 29 moremitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 4 routes
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- transport of cysteine and lysine (cytosol to extracellular)
- deoxyhypusine synthase (1,3-diaminopropane)
Catalysed by NAGS, SLC7A6, DHPSmitochondrial matrix, extracellular space, cytosol
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-acetylglutamate synthase (N-acetyl-L-cysteine)
- N-alpha-acetyltransferase 10, NatA catalytic subunit (acetylcarnosine)
Catalysed by NAGS, NAA10mitochondrial matrix, cytosolOne of 2 routes